Lash



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 鞭子; 鞭打; 捆住
• ［英］ n. 鞭子 ( whip)
• ［类］ 反义词: unbind ( 解放, 解开)
• ［例］ He gave the prisoner ten lashes_

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to move violently or suddenly ; dash
  • 2. to thrash or beat violently <rain lashed at the windowpanes>
  • 3. to make a verbal attack or retort — usually used with out
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to whip or fling about violently <the big cat lashed its tail about threateningly>
    • b. to strike or beat with or as if with a whip <waves lashed the shore>
  • 2.
    • a. to assail with stinging words
    • b. drive, whip <lashed them into a fury with his fiery speech>
• ? lasher noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a stroke with or as if with a whip
    • (2) the flexible part of a whip; also whip
  • b. punishment by whipping
• 2. a beating, whipping, or driving force
• 3. a stinging rebuke
• 4. eyelash
• 5. the clearance or play between adjacent movable mechanical parts

III. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English lasschyn to lace, from Anglo-French lacer, lasser — more at lace
• Date: 1624
• to bind with or as if with a line
• ? lasher noun

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